Since November, thousands of people have downloaded the iAnimal series, Zombie Strategies: Prepare, and D&D Helper iPhone applications. Users of those apps may be surprised to learn that the apps were created by Iowa State University computer engineering students. The students developed the apps as part of a course assignment in a new embedded systems …Continue reading “Computer engineering students’ iPhone apps generate downloads, sales”
A partnership between Sukup Manufacturing Co., Sheffield, and the Haiti Relief Fund will put 16 homeless Haitian families in new, all-steel homes. Sukup, the world’s largest family-owned grain bin manufacturer, has worked for more than a year to turn a grain bin into a home, and the owners of the company recently met with the …Continue reading “Sukup donates grain bin houses to Haiti Relief Fund”
Amy Fetters (BSConE’96) is a senior project manager for the Weitz Co. in Des Moines, Iowa. Learn more about her in a Des Moines Register feature.
Soldiers carrying sophisticated communication and navigation devices into the field have the same battery headaches as civilians working their smart phones at the airport. One way to assure that soldiers have an adequate power supply for their electronic tools has been to strap extra batteries to their backs. But Ayman Fayed, an Iowa State assistant …Continue reading “Iowa State engineer developing technology to enhance battery life in portable devices”
Despite frigid temperatures on February 8, more than 2,100 engineering students made the trip to Hilton Coliseum to talk with employers about opportunities for co-ops, internships, or full-time employment at the College of Engineering Career Fair. More than 530 students met one-on-one with employers to further discuss career opportunities on the following day, increasing interview …Continue reading “Student interviews increase at spring career fair”
Laura Christianson, a graduate student in Iowa State’s agricultural and biosystems engineering program, is among 14 engineers who were selected as one of this year’s New Faces of Engineering by the National Engineers Week Foundation. She studies how to mitigate water pollution through natural process and was nominated for the award by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
The 2010 Industrial Ergonomics Technical Group (IETG) 2010 Student Paper Award winners have been announced by the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. One of the two winners is Xiaopeng Ning a PhD student in the IMSE Department. The name of his paper is, “The effect of sinusoidal rolling ground motion on lifting biomechanics”. Each student will …Continue reading “IMSE Graduate Student Recipient of Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Award”
Dr. Ian Bradbury, Peaker Services, Inc., will be the Deming Seminar Series speaker on March 30, 2011. His seminar will be held in 1312 Hoover Hall from 4:10-5:00 p.m.
Automakers aren’t the only ones looking to increase fuel efficiency and decrease emissions. Aircraft manufacturers are facing similar requirements, and they’re using high-tech gadgetry to help them meet those goals. Researchers at Iowa State University are using particle image velocimetry and molecular tagging velocimetry and thermometry to study the performance of nozzles that spray …Continue reading “The Search For Better Nozzles”
The Flying Monkeys, a team of Cadette Girl Scouts from Ames and Gilbert, won first place in the “Innovative Solution,” category at Iowa’s FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Championship, and their impressive work has gotten them national recognition. The team’s working prosthetic hand, named the BOB-1, that was created for a 3-year-old who does not have …Continue reading “Local Girl Scouts gain national attention for creating working prosthesis”
Three students were selected to receive the 2011 Dean’s Student Leadership Award. The recipients are Kaila Krieser (EE), Yamille Perez-Rodriguez (CE), and Luke Roling (ChemE). Juniors and seniors are nominated for the award based on their exemplary leadership in one or more college, university, community, or professional organization. The awards will be presented on Monday, …Continue reading “2011 Dean’s Student Leadership recipients announced”
The Iowa State Tau Beta Pi (TBP) Chapter won the bid to host the 2013 National TBP Convention on October 3-5, 2013. Their proposal was reviewed by a committee of TBP members and accepted at the recent 2010 convention in Pennsylvania. Adam Christiansen, president of Iowa State’s TBP, presented the bid to the national committee …Continue reading “Engineering honor society secures bid to host national convention”
Valerie Boelman, an industrial engineer with a degree from Iowa State University, leads a four-person department at Iowa Methodist Medical Center that focuses on applying engineering-based process improvement principles to health-care settings. For the past two years, her staff has worked with teams of Iowa State industrial engineering students to perform studies of processes within …Continue reading “IE alum and students help with health-care efficiency”
Two themes that I’ve emphasized as dean are collaboration and sustainability. While it’s not difficult to imagine that those two concepts are closely related, to see them resonate well in a single project is truly gratifying. The project, in this case, is a $2 million renovation of research labs in the 1964 wing of Sweeney …Continue reading “More than lab work”
To help spread the public health message about the importance of clean water, a mechanical engineering undergraduate student at Iowa State University made a month-long visit to India beginning on December 12. Colton Kennedy worked with an Indian organization to develop communication materials to accompany home water filters. Kennedy was the recipient of the Laura …Continue reading “ME student helps advance water treatment in India”
